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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of the association between the combined variables of the number of teeth and chewing function and locomotive syndrome

From: Association between oral health and locomotive syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Japanese adults

Independent variable

N (%)

Dependent variable: locomotive syndrome (absence = 0, presence = 1)

Crude OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted ORa (95% CI)

P-value

Number of teeth / Chewing function

     

 28 teeth / Good

980 (33.9)

1

 

1

 

 20–27 teeth / Good

1408 (48.8)

1.37 (1.14–1.65)

0.001

1.04 (0.85–1.28)

0.691

 0–19 teeth / Good

97 (3.4)

2.85 (1.87–4.37)

<  0.001

1.46 (0.92–2.33)

0.110

 28 teeth / Poor

68 (2.4)

2.93 (1.78–4.83)

<  0.001

2.67 (1.57–4.52)

<  0.001

 20–27 teeth / Poor

267 (9.2)

2.10 (1.58–2.80)

<  0.001

1.63 (1.20–2.22)

0.002

 0–19 teeth / Poor

68 (2.4)

3.30 (2.01–5.43)

<  0.001

1.83 (1.06–3.18)

0.031

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. a Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, drinking habit, exercise habit, walking speed, body mass index, bone mineral density, and metabolic syndrome